Re: Finno-Ugric languages

On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Sally Caves wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>
> > Firstly, the Huns have nothing to do with Magyars (ie, Hungarians).  The
> > Huns were Turkic.  Second, the Danube basin was inhabited by Avars at the
> > time of the Magyar honfoglala's (Occupation of the Homeland) in 896.  At
> > that time there weren't any Slavs there at all; the Slavs were to the
> > south.
> >
> > -------ferke
> > Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
>
> At one time, however, the Magyars must have been associated with the Huns.
> Who applied, and when, the name *Hun*gary?
>
"Hungary", derived from Latin "Hungaria", is s a foreign name applied to
us.  Our name for ourselves is "Magyar", and that of our counbtry,
"Magyarorsza'g".  The magyar honfoglala's came about 300 years after the
Huns had  left their impression on history, and well after the death of
Attila.



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Ferenc Gy. Valoczy

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